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SOLD OUT - Introduction to Drupal 8 Module Development

Module development for Drupal is more powerful than ever with Drupal 8. Object-orientation, the maturity of Drupal's various APIs, Drupal 8's new underlying Symfony (and other) components, and the emergence of Drupal Console means that developing for Drupal 8 requires some new knowledge for existing Drupal developers. This workshop is designed to introduce existing Drupal developers as well as (non-Drupal) PHP developers to some of the techniques and concepts for Drupal 8 module development. The workshop includes an overview of some of the main concepts and tools as well as several hands-on module development exercises designed to build knowledge and confidence.

Trainer(s):

ultimike

tedbow

cachee

vasi

Experience level:

Intermediate

Status:

Accepted

Training Company:

DrupalEasy

Learning Objectives:

An understanding of the basic concepts that comprise Drupal 8 module development.

An understanding of the basic tools that can be used to create Drupal 8 modules including a code editor and Drupal Console.

The creation of a simple "Hello, world" custom module.

The creation of an "HTML5 Audio" module that provides a custom field formatter for fields of type "link".

The creation of a "User blocker" module that provides a mechanism for privileged users to block site users by username.

Syllabus/Agenda:

Instructor and student introductions

Student local environment setup

Introduction to Drupal 8 Module Development slides and discussion

"Hello, World!" example.

"HTML5 Audio" example.

"User Blocker" example.

Who Will Gain the Most From This Training?:

Drupal 7 and PHP developers experienced with PHP, the command-line interface, Git, and working in a local *AMP development environment.

Prerequisites for this Course:

Some experience with PHP.

Some familiarity with object-oriented concepts.

Experience working in the command-line interface.

Experience working in a local *AMP development environment.

Experience with a code editor.

Existing knowledge of Drupal APIs is helpful, but not necessary.

An up-and-running local *AMP stack with a fresh Drupal 8 install.

Drupal Version:

Drupal 8 (current)

Dev Environments:

Drush is strongly recommended to be pre-installed on each student's machine. Drupal Console is used in this workshop, for Windows users that have trouble installing this, alternate methods to complete the exercises will be provided.

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